Person    | Male  Born 6/2/1802  Died 22/5/1885

Victor Hugo

Categories: Literature, Seriously Famous

Countries: France

Novelist, poet and dramatist, best known in the UK for Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, 1831. As an outspoken republican he lived outside France for 15 years, first in Belgium, then Jersey, then Guernsey, returning in 1870 when Napoleon III fell from power.

The photo shows Hugo looking wistful in Jersey.

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Victor Hugo

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Camp Griffiss - USAAF

The quotation from Hugo is very well-chosen. He was exiled from France for 15...

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